Municipal Workers and Urban Power in the Twentieth Century
Francis Ryan
A history of the largest union in the AFL-CIO and its growth in a major American city
320 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 figures, 30 halftones
Euthanasia in Veterinary Medicine
Patricia Morris
How veterinarians and owners manage companion animal euthanasia
244 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table
Professional Intimacy in Hospital Nursing
Lisa C. Ruchti
A detailed ethnography exploring the professional skill of intimate care in nursing.
226 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 tables, 1 figure, 1 halftone
Race, Sex, and Cinema
Gina Marchetti
A look at American filmmaking in the post-1989 Chinese diaspora
258 pages
| 6 x 9
| 44 halftones
Peers, Politics, and the Future of Democracy
Casey A. Klofstad
Exploring how the simple act of talking about politics and current events with friends, colleagues, and relatives causes us to become more civically active
200 pages
| 6 x 9
| 26 tables, 30 figures
Rock, Folk, and the Environment
Mark Pedelty
How popular music reflects the contradictions and dreams of communities searching for more sustainable ways to live.
242 pages
| 6 x 9
| 7 halftones
Class, Bureaucracy, and Religion in American Education
Christian J. Churchill and Gerald Levy
Challenging the common idea that education can save the individual and society from major problems of the modern world
234 pages
| 6 x 9
historias orales de trabajadores agricolos y sus familias (Oral Histories of Mexican Farmworkers and the Families)
Mark Lyons
Oral histories of Mexican farmworkers in the Philadelphia region
318 pages
| 6 x 9
| 89 halftones
Stories from a Philadelphia Neighborhood
August Tarrier
Stories from an important, if little noticed, neighborhood of Philadelphia
202 pages
| 6 x 9
| 84 halftones
Contesting Community and Defining Difference in U.S. Public Health Programs
Susan J Shaw
An analysis of local struggles over community health as a window into governance, citizenship, and identity formation.
226 pages
| 6 x 9
| 3 figures, 5 halftones
Philosophical Essays on Whiteness
George Yancy
From a celebrated scholar on race, a book on ways of seeing, and seeing through, whiteness
224 pages
| 6 x 9
Immigration and Political Socialization in Rural America
J. Celeste Lay
How native-born rural adolescents adapt to new immigrants in their communities
238 pages
| 6 x 9
| 26 tables, 8 figures, 1 map
Life Lessons from Philadelphia's Sports Community
Edited by Eliot Shorr-Parks
Voices from Philadelphia's athletic community on what it's like being a Philadelphian and a fan, and on what makes a community work
266 pages
| 6 x 9
Inner-Ring Suburbs of the Metropolitan United States
Bernadette Hanlon
A comprehensive national study of inner-ring suburbs in the U.S.
224 pages
| 6 x 9
| 32 tables, 11 figures, 13 maps
Civility in Asian American Visual Culture
Thy Phu
How images portraying Asians as civil subjects contribute to debates on Asian American citizenship
218 pages
| 6.125 x 9.25
| 42 halftones
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